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[Chewy Panda]

Hey guys, I have an Extension English speech due next week and I haven't chosen a related text... I know, I'm screwed right? Anyway the question is:

"What does your related text reveal about the conventions and ideas inherent in Crime Fiction?"


Can someone tell me a GOOD related text that I can learn in a few days to a week max.
Thanks =D

 

[bored of sc]

What is the prescribed text??

Um, any crime fiction text you can find should work fine due to the very general nature of the question. Google - "crime fiction texts".

 

[law]

Those inspector series are pretty good to analyse (frost/morse/lewis) or you could try looking at novels by Steve Temple, esp. "The Broken Shore".

 

[Aerath]

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carre

My favourite book.

 

[The Kaiser]

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (or pretty much anything to do with Sherlock Holmes)

Use of tension and suspense by vivid visual imagery or music creates a foreboding atmosphere... (something to that extent) Usually, the theme of Good vs Evil etc

(It would have been easier for me if it had been Science Fiction)

 

[Chewy Panda]

Thx a lot guys But the good AND bad news is that we don't hav to include the prescribed text..which is skull beneath the skin fyi

 

[memadison]

watch a law & order episode

 

[iCpurplehippos]

The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day. I'm not sure if it's a good book for your speech though. The conventions of a crime fiction is kind of subverted in this novel.